Pakistan''s Counterterrorism Challenge

Explores the debate surrounding Pakistan's ability - and incentives - to crack down on Islamist terrorism and provides an in-depth examination of the multiple facets of this existential threat confronting the Pakistani state and people.

List of contents

1. Introduction Moeed Yusuf2. Pakistan's Militancy Challenge: From Where to What Moeed Yusuf with contributions from Megan Neville, Ayesha Chugh, and Stephanie Flamenbaum3. Militancy and Extremism in Pakistan: A US Perspective Marvin G. Weinbaum4. Counterinsurgency: The Myth of Sisyphus? Ejaz Haider5. Political Instability and Its Implications for an Effective National Counterterrorism Policy in Pakistan Savail Meekal Hussain and Mehreen Zahra-Malik6. Counterterrorism Efforts of Law Enforcement Agencies in Pakistan Suhail Habib Tajik7. Legal Challenges to Military Operations in Pakistan: The Case of the Federally and Provincially Administered Tribal Areas Ahmer Bilal Soofi8. Choking Financing for Militants in Pakistan Muhammad Amir Rana9. Cyberia: A New Warzone for Pakistan's Islamists Zafarullah Khan10. Pakistan's Paradoxical Survival Anatol LievenConclusion Moeed Yusuf List of Contributors Index

About the author

Moeed Yusuf is the South Asia adviser and manages the Pakistan program at the US Institute of Peace. Before joining USIP, Yusuf was a fellow at the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future at Boston University, and concurrently a research fellow at the Mossavar-Rahmani Center at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government.

Summary

Focuses on violence being perpetrated against the Pakistani state by Islamist groups and how Pakistan can address these challenges, concentrating not only on military aspects but on the often-ignored political, legal, law enforcement, financial, and technological facets of the challenge.

Product details

• Authors: Moeed Yusuf
• Assisted by: Moeed Yusuf (Editor), Moeed (South Asia Adviser Yusuf (Editor), Yusuf Moeed (Editor)
• Publisher: Georgetown University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 18.02.2014
• EAN: 9781626160453
• ISBN: 978-1-62616-045-3
• No. of pages: 208
• Series: South Asia in World Affairs Series; South Asia in World Affairs; South Asia in World Affairs series; South Asia in World Affairs
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Comparative and international political science; Pakistan, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Terrorism, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Asian, International Relations, Terrorism, armed struggle